Garment-supporter.



PATENTED APR. 9, 1907.

i H. G. MAOWILLIAM.

GARMENT SUPPORTER. APPLIQATION :mnn MAR. 81, 1906.

rue: NORRIS-PETE}: cm, WASHINGTON. n. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GARMENT-SUPPORTER- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. April 9, 1907.

Application filed March 31, 1906. Serial No. 309,145.

To aZl whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HUGH GORDON MAO- WILLIAM, residing at New Rochelle,in the county of WVestchester and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Supporters, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in garment-supporters of the classwherein the garments are supported by means of fiat straps or tapespassing runningly through a loop or loops, its object being to hold theloop or loops from displacement with reference to the supporting memberand to prevent the cutting of the stitching which secures the doubledstraps together.

To this end the invention consists in the features of construction,combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter particularly describedand claimed.

For convenience I have shown the improvements applied to a pair of menssuspenders; but the invention is equally applicable to othergarment-supporters of like character, such as hose-supporters. I havealso shown a loop connection having doubled registering loops adaptedfor use with doubled running straps, such as those shown here or inUnited States Letters Patent No. 771,990, granted to me on the 11thOctober, 1904.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure1 is a front elevation of the back of a pair of suspenders embodying theinvention. Fig. 2 is a side edge view thereof. Fig. 3 is a front view ofthe loop member, with the sleeve in section to show the lower bars andFig. 4 is a section through the supporting suspender-end, taken on line00 :20 of Fig. 1.

In'the drawings, A represents a supporting member, shown in the form ofa strap folded upon itself to form a suspender-end, with two button-tabs2. Carried by the supporting member is a loop member B, comprising tworegistering loops 3 and 4, arranged in different planes and preferablyhinged together by means of a sleeve 5, incasing their lower bars 6 and7, respectively, the sleeve thus forming thelower bar of the loopmember.

To hold the loop member in position upon the supporting member, thelower bar of the loop member is provided with a downwardly projectinganchor 8. As shown in the drawings, the anchor consists of a piece ofwire doubled upon itself and passedoutwardly l through a hole in thesleeve 5. Within the sleeve it is formed with outturned ends 9, whichhold it therein.

In the drawings the strapforming the supporting member is folded overthe sleeve of the loop member and secured upon itself by means ofstitching 10 and 11, the stitching 11 following the outline of theanchor, which here lies between the folds of the stra This stitching,extending on either side 0' the anchor, will hold the loop member frombeing pulled sidewise or endwise through the fold of the strap andtilting or turning angularly therein. The loops may be further securedby means of a staple 12, having prongs 13, passing through the strap oneither side of the anchor and clenched on the under side thereof.

The running straps comprise what may be called a main strap C, passingthrough the front loop 3, and an auxiliary strap D, so cured at its endsto the main strap and pass ing intermediately through the rear loop 4 inthe same direction in which the main strap passes through the frontloop. In the drawings the straps. are shown secured together by means oflines of stitching 14 and 15.

It will be seen that the auxiliary strap will at all times exactlyunderlie the main strap, so as to be concealed from view, and the rearloop will similarly underlie the front loop. The main strap C mayconsist of a single length of webbing passing continuously from onegarment or garment portion through the loop to the other garment orgarment portion.

To prevent the stitching which secures the auxiliary strap to the mainstrap from being cut or worn by the edge of the strap portion whichworks between them, I have carried one of the lines of stitching 15downwardly and inwardly from, the inner edge of the straps. Thisstitching is approximately paralleLwith the inner edge of theintermediate and oppositely-working strap portion, so that this edgewill engage and bear against the whole line of stitching instead of thelast stitch alone.

It will be evident that the loops, if not properly anchored, could bepulled endwise through the fold of the supporting member, and being thuspartially deprived of support might be tilted or turned angularly into aposition where the running straps would become bunched at one side orend of the loop. It is one of the objects of this invention to anchorthe loops to the supporting member in such way as to prevent the loopsbeing car- I ried into a position where the running straps will thusdraw or become wedged against the sides of the loops. I therefore do notlimit myself to the particular anchoring means herein shown anddescribed, for various modifications may be made therein withoutdeparting from the principle of the invention.

I claim 1. In a garment-supporter of the class described, thecombination, with a supporting member, of a loop member carried thereby,and means for anchoring the loop member against endwise movement withreference to the supporting member.

2. In a garment-supporter, the combination, with a loop member forrunning straps, of a supporting-strap folded over the lower bar of theloop member and secured upon itself, and means secured to said bar foranchloring it against endwise movement in the f0 d.

3. A loop member for running straps com prising two registering loops, asleeve incasmg the loop-bars of the loops, and a downwardly-projectinganchor carried by the sleeve.

4. The combination, with a supporting strap folded upon itself, of aloop member for running straps, the lower bar of the loop member passingthrough the fold and having a downwardly-projecting anchor securedwithin the fold by stitching.

6. In a garment-supporter of the class described, in combination, asupporting member, a pair of registering loops carried thereby, a mainstrap passing through one of the loops, and an auxiliary strap securedat each of its ends upon the main strap by lines of stitching, andpassing intermediately through the other loop, one of the lines ofstitching running from the inner edges of the straps in a directionapproximately parallel with the inner edges of the oppositely-workingstraps.

In testimony whereof I aHiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HUGH GORDON MACWILLIAM.

WVitnesses:

V. L. EPLATTENIER. E. I. BENNETT.

